Problem Windows menu icons and MS office

Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing

You have a corrupted or missing font. See, for instance:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=134861
Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font

That article also has some general trouble-shooting tips. It seems that
either several fonts are affected, or perhaps the whole font folder. The
fonts folder should have attributes of +S. The location of the folder and
setting attributes is described in the article.

To repair the fonts folder and restore all fonts, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234749
How to Restore the Windows Default Fonts
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Wing" wrote in message
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Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper
right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:05:05 -0700, "Wing"
wrote:

Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.
part of a specific program. Are you talking about the MS Office Shortcut
bar or something else?

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

This is just a stab in the dark: Go to word, select Find
and Repair (have your installation CD ready because you'll
need it). Then when it asks if you want to restore all
shortcuts, say yes. See if that helps and report back to
the group.

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:05:05 -0700, "Wing"
wrote:

Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.
part of a specific program. Are you talking about the MS Office Shortcut
bar or something else?

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

This is just a stab in the dark: Go to word, select Find

it's Not Find, it's DETECT sorry

and Repair (have your installation CD ready because you'll
need it). Then when it asks if you want to restore all
shortcuts, say yes. See if that helps and report back to
the group.

Ps: Help Detect and Reapir is also an Excel Option.

Believe there's an issue with too many fonts installed as well, which can
cause the same problem.
"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
You have a corrupted or missing font. See, for instance:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=134861
Description of and Troubleshooting the Marlett TrueType Font

That article also has some general trouble-shooting tips. It seems that
either several fonts are affected, or perhaps the whole font folder. The
fonts folder should have attributes of +S. The location of the folder and
setting attributes is described in the article.

To repair the fonts folder and restore all fonts, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=234749
How to Restore the Windows Default Fonts
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Wing" wrote in message
news
Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper
right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not
find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing

All the persons who responded,

many thanks for your replies. I am still working on the problem. I forgot to
mention a big issue here; which is that I am running English applications
(like MS office) on a laptop with a Chinese version of Windows 98.

Does anyone can tell me how the problem with fonts and icons occured, so I
can prevent it in the future?

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing


"Wing" wrote:

Dear Windowers,

I have a problem with my Win98se. The menu icons in the windows upper right
corner (minimize, resize and close) have changed into strange icons.

Also many programs, like MS office applications (Word, Excel) can not find
their fonts anymore.

Does anyone know how I can solve this and how this happened, so I can
prevent doing it again in the future.

Please let me know.

Best regards,
Wing